Posts Tagged: maps

Today’s maps found on the interwebs. A couple of days ago, one of my favorite cartographers, Esri’s John Nelson declared his love for dot density maps. I like dot density maps too, but never really thought through why. Found at http://www.maartenlambrechts.com/2018/02/13/one-person-one-dot-maps-and-how-to-make-them.html

Today’s maps found on the interwebs. A recent aerial survey revealed thousands of ancient Maya structures previously hidden beneath the dense Guatemalan jungle, including houses, irrigation canals, fortifications, and even a pyramid. Found at https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/02/lasers-shed-some-light-on-the-maya-snake-kingdom/

Today’s maps found on the interwebs. J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit are iconic fantasy adventures, and readers return to them time and again because of the rich detail that defines the world. Found at https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/4/16959406/j-r-r-tolkien-maps-middle-earth-england-national-parks-dan-bell-art

Today’s maps found on the interwebs. It shows the sheer scale of the infrastructure which keeps the internet running. It’s built up over decades, mainly as a result of private enterprise rather than coordinated state infrastructure projects, like road or water networks. Found at http://www.businessinsider.com/map-shows-extent-of-undersea-internet-cables-that-russians-could-cut-2017-12

Today’s maps found on the interwebs. Save this picture! Stanford University experts digitally assembled what is considered the largest world map produced in the 16th-century. Found at https://www.archdaily.com/887464/worlds-largest-16th-century-map-digitally-re-assembled-at-stanford-university

Today’s maps found on the interwebs. How do you map the hunt for a fictional creature in a nonsensical poem? If you’re Lewis Carroll, author of The Hunting of the Snark and, of course, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, you create a map devoid of meaning: just white space, a few notations, and the points of… Read more »

Today’s maps found on the interwebs. Cottereau: This video shows the borders and populations of each country in Europe, for every year since 400 BC. Vassal states and colonies are not included in the count of a country’s population.” What a mess! One thing I learned is how sparsely-populated Britain was in the Roman age…. Read more »

Today’s maps found on the interwebs. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Monday that the state’s US House maps were based on a Republican partisan gerrymander that violated the state’s constitution — and struck them down. Found at https://www.vox.com/2018/1/22/16920636/pennsylvania-gerrymander-ruling-house

Today’s maps found on the interwebs. One of my favorite illustrators is eBoy (a collective of people from Germany and LA). They designed our Jackhammer Jill logo and did a cool Boing Boing shirt many years ago (I don’t think it’s available any longer). Found at http://ift.tt/2AwWMOV

Today’s maps found on the interwebs. Starting with London’s Tube, a new series aims to capture the art and history of rapid transit systems around the world. Blue Crow Media, an independent map publisher, recently released their first in a series of public transit maps: a double-sided, cartographic guide of the London Tube. Found at… Read more »